Confederation of Australian Motor Sport











































Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
Sport Motorsport
Jurisdiction Australia
Abbreviation CAMS
Founded February 1953 (February 1953)[1]
Affiliation Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
Headquarters
Malvern East (Melbourne, Australia)
President Andrew Papadopoulos
Chief Exec Eugene Arocca
Official website
www.cams.com.au
Australia

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the official governing body of motor sport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).




Contents






  • 1 Responsibilities


  • 2 History


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Responsibilities


The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Limited (CAMS) has been the custodian of motor sport in Australia since 1953.


CAMS is the National Sporting Authority (ASN) for motor sport in Australia, and is delegated this responsibility by the Federation Internationale de’l Automobile (FIA)


CAMS affiliated with the FIA in its own right in 1958 before being granted full membership in October of that year on a probationary basis.


In 1960 CAMS membership of the FIA as an ASN was confirmed as permanent.


The FIA aims to ensure that motor sport is conducted in accordance with the highest standards of safety, fairness and social responsibility and CAMS, together with in excess of 120 other ASNs in over 100 nations, are committed to carrying out the mission of the FIA.



History


CAMS has been the custodian of motor sport in Australia since it was founded in 1953.[2] The organisation is the Australian delegated national sporting authority (ASN) by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading motoring organisations; a responsibility CAMS has held since 1970.


CAMS is also recognised by the Australian Sports Commission as the National Sporting Organisation for four wheeled motor sport.


CAMS has approximately 55000 members, in over 500 car clubs. It licences more than 23,000 competitors and over 9000 accredited officials. CAMS sanctions more than 2000 motor sport events per year from club level to International level.[3]


Since 2015, CAMS promotes the Australian Formula 4 Championship.



See also




  • Motorsport in Australia

  • List of Australian motor racing series



References





  1. ^ 2002 Manual of Motor Sport, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd, page 1-2


  2. ^ About CAMS, www.cams.com.au Retrieved 16 April 2016


  3. ^ "CAMS.COM.AU". Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2007-05-16..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




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